You could feel the electricity in the room!
Hundreds of Native American young people from scores of tribes, raising the roof with songs of praise to Jesus!
Back home, Jesus is to many "the white man's God." Not in this gathering. Here, Jesus is Lord!
Hundreds of Native American young people have experienced life-change at Warrior Leadership Summit (WLS).
God has been moving powerfully at the annual WLS Native youth evangelism and discipleship conference hosted by Hutchcraft Ministries.
The construction for the On Eagles' Wings Leadership Center continues. Check out this exciting video update to see the progress, tour the facility, and meet Student Life Coordinators, Seth and Sarah Stevens (Navajo).
We are so excited about the progress on the construction for the On Eagles' Wings Leadership Center.
The On Eagles' Wings Leadership Center is a place where Native young men and women will be discipled and equipped to be lifetime Jesus-followers. They will be prepared with the skills and strategies needed to be messengers of hope to Indigenous and worldwide communities.
29 Summers of Hope. This one was different...
"Muscle memory." You've seen it as you've watched Olympic athletes...when you drive...type on your computer...play a musical instrument. It's "a movement repeated over time that creates long-term muscle memory, eventually allowing it to be performed with little or no conscious effort."
"They're really hard there."
That's what I kept hearing about the Cloud Lake Reservation. That's probably more of a reason to go there.
Even though our venue was surrounded by Indian housing which the team had canvassed earlier - and where our sound system can't be ignored - we started the night with just us. Finally, one girl hesitantly checked it out. Missy (Lakota), whose self-harm scars are now evidence of her new Hope, quickly went to welcome her. Neither girl realized the destiny in that meeting.
"Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" they asked about Jesus.
"Can anything good come out of Bluffton?" those who live on or near the Antelope Valley Reservation have been asking for years.
Tribal people call Bluffton "the most dangerous place" on their reservation. Locals in the area say "it's a place I never go."
A Summer of Hope in a Season of Hurt
"We're baaaack!"
That's how we greeted the excited Native young people at Warrior Leadership Summit 2021. And that's why we may have been even more excited than they were.
God is moving powerfully at Warrior Leadership Summit, the On Eagles' Wings discipleship conference for hundreds of Native youth.
They were big and tough - and scared. Local Native believers said they were scared...of some of their centuries-old beliefs.
There's a lot of fear of dark forces that makes it very difficult for Rocky Creek young people to choose Jesus. Even the big guys.
But these guys listened to Darren, a big guy himself - and his story of being disowned by his family for choosing Jesus. And of a family transformed because of one son who brought Jesus into their lives. His challenge to those guys, as he has mentioned many other places: "It's time to come home to Jesus."